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	1 Fifth Business Davies, Robertson Penguin Books New York, New York, USA 1992 Trade Paperback Very Good,  0140167943 / 9780140167948 CE2 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated white wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with some very light yellowing on the top ouside paper edges. This is the first novel in the author's Deptford Trilogy, which includes "The Manticore" and "World of Wonders." It is the story of a rational man who discovers that the marvelous is only another aspect of the real. By the author of "Tempest-Tost," "Leaven of Malice," "A Mixture of Frailties," "The Rebel Angels," "What's Bred in the Bone," "The Lyre of Orpheus," "Murther & Waliing Spirits," and "The Cunning Man." 266p. SCW10793  Price: 3.50 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	2 Murther & Walking Spirits Davies, Robertson Viking New York 1991 Hard Cover Very Good, Very Good 0670841897 / 9780670841899 I4 - DJ has some wrinkling and chipping on the top edge and bottom of the spine, some light scratches, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Includes a b&w picture postcard of the author. Ancestors. Forebears. Great-great-grandparents. To most of us they are nothing more than a name on a tombstone or a bearded or bonneted figure peering from an old brown photograph. We... EC1675BB  Price: 4.99 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	3 Murther and Walking Spirits Davies, Robertson Penguin Books New York, New York, USA 1992 Trade Paperback Very Good, No Jacket as Issued 0140168842 / 9780140168846 BC3 - A trade paperback book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear plus a diagonal crease on the front cover at the upper right third of the front. A man is murdered when he catches his wife in flagrante with another man, his murderer. The murdered man lingers on as a ghost who must spend his afterlife sitting beside his killer at a film festival. It features his ancestors' exploits from the time of their first sailing up the Hudson to Canada during the American Revolution on through the lives of his university-professor parents. By the author of "Fifth Business", "The Manticore," and "World of Wonders." 357p. SCW01348  Price: 3.50 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	4 The Lyre of Orpheus Davies, Robertson Penguin Putnam, Incorporated New York, New York, USA 1990 Trade Paperback Very Good, No Jacket 0140114335 / 9780140114331 BZ3 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated white and tan wraps with minor overall shelf wear. This is the third novel in the publisher's Cornish Trilogy. The Cornish Foundation is thriving under the directorship of Arthur Cornish. He and his wife decide to take up a project worthy of the man whose vast fortune endows the Foundation. They commission the completion of E. T. A. Hoffmann's unfinished Opera "Arthur of Britain, or The Magnanimous Cuckold." Complications arise and the situation becomes hellish when the long-hidden secrets of the man who has endowed the Cornish Foundation are revealed. By the author of "Murther and Walking Spirits," "One Half of Robertson Davies," and "The Rebel Angels." 472p. SCW04616  Price: 3.50 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	5 The Lyre of Orpheus Davies, Robertson Macmillan of Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1988 Hard Cover Very Good, Very Good 0771599196 / 9780771599194 Signed by Author BI4 - A hardcover book signed by author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has light tanning and shelf wear. Book has some lightly bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. There is no price indicated anywhere on the dust jacket and there are no additional printings on the copyright page. In this, the third book in the trilogy that began with The Rebel Angels and What's Bred in the Bone, fans of Robertson Davies will be delighted to recognize many of their favourite characters from the earlier books - and will meet a host of new and eccentric personalities with the distinctive Davies stamp. 9.5"x6.25", 472 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. EC37060BB  Price: 45.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	6 The Lyre of Orpheus (Cornish Trilogy Ser.) Davies, Robertson Viking Penguin New York, NY, U.S.A. 1989 Paper Boards Fine, Fine First American Edition 067082416x / 9780670824168 Remainder AB5 - In excellent condition overall. Clean, bright, and sturdy copy. FI343BB  Price: 3.95 USD Add to Shopping Cart